UPDATED: Victim identified in fatal U.S. 278 accident in Bluffton

Scott Thompson/Bluffton TodayThe Bluffton Police Department, Bluffton Township Fire District and other emergency personnel responded Tuesday night to a two-vehicle crash on U.S. 278 near Sheridan Park in Bluffton that killed one and injured one.

Scott Thompson/Bluffton TodayThe injured person in the Mustang was airlifted to Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah. The driver of the tractor trailer had no injuries, Lt. Joe Babkiewicz of the Bluffton Police Department said.

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One person was killed and another injured Tuesday night following a vehicle crash on U.S. 278 in Bluffton near Sheridan Park.

The accident occurred just before 9:45 p.m. when a tractor trailer traveling east on 278 was making a U-turn and collided with a black Ford Mustang traveling west, Lt. Joe Babkiewicz of the Bluffton Police Department said. The Mustang then went underneath the trailer. The passenger in the Mustang, Brian Howard Cox, 33, of White, Ga., was pronounced dead at the scene, and the driver was airlifted to Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah, according to Beaufort County coroner Ed Allen.

The tractor trailer driver was unharmed, Babkiewicz said.

The accident shut down the westbound lanes of 278 while police and emergency personnel worked the scene. Traffic was diverted through Belfair Towne Village.

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